turkish-led forces in firm control. but a wpg official says the group will fight until there is no turkish soldier left in afrin. kurdish groups are also outraged over photos like these. they appear to show turkish allied rebels in afrin and the toppled statue of a mythical kurdish hero. the violence in afrin has been devastating for civilians. it appears no target is off limits. targets including hospitals. cnn s ben wedeman has more and a warning. this report does contain graphic content. reporter: afrin s main hospital was a busy place. until that is doctors say turkish jets struck it friday, killing nine. turkish officials deny the hospital was hit. cnn has obtained exclusive footage shot last week in the syrian kurdish town of afrin.
that the russians does not keep their commitment. today we see their actions don t match those commitments as bombs continue dropping on the children of eastern go to the u.s. also says it s prepared to act if russia does not commit to a new cease fire but moscow says it s fighting terrorism and is within its rights going to diminish the syrian military is ongoing counterterrorism operation is not in contradiction with the un resolutions the government of syria has every right to try to remove the threat to the safety of its citizens. another from this causing concern in the town of afrin in the northwest of the country thousands of people have started to flee turkish forces and their allies troll christ as part of that effort to clear the area of kurdish forces. for more on the situation let s bring in fran a crease of the unicef representative in syria he joins us from the town of pterosaur
following right now, a dispute over what was said in phone conversations, adding tension between two nato allies. white house says president trump told turkey to deescalate its military operations in syria. but saying the president didn t express that concern at all. the u.s. backs the kurdish fighters, regarding them as key fighters in the fight against isis. turkey considers that same group to be considered terrorists and trying to drive them out of the town of afrin. damon arwa is joining us now. she s back in turkey. you were there in that flashpoint city in syria. tell our viewers around the world what you saw. reporter: we did manage to get up to what is considered to be the outer perimeter of the territory that is controlled by
well you re right there s a force of several hundred drawn up of syrian government militia and iranian backed militia crossed into the afrin enclave very heavily armed but we do get reports of turkish or tillery bombarded this convoy possibly also supported by drones and turkish pro-government media are saying that much of the convoy has now retreated back into a friend it s very difficult to confirm these stories but at the moment it does appear to be a major confrontation going on between these forces trying to get into our front to support this syrian kurdish militia already asked turkey reacted officially you know there hasn t been any reaction officially from over this but it does come just hours after the turkish president. gave a very uncompromising speech to his parliamentarians where he warned that they would now the builder hold a siege around the city of afrin and also who is claiming a diplomatic victory saying that they had thwarted plans by damascus deployed its